Five AP Top-8 Teams Fall in Historic Upset Wave as No. 1 Georgia Loses Again
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Updated · Yahoo Sports · Oct 18
Five AP Top-8 Teams Fall in Historic Upset Wave as No. 1 Georgia Loses Again
3 articles · Updated · Yahoo Sports · Oct 18
Summary
Five of the AP Top 8 lost Saturday—the first such day in the poll’s 90-year history—headlined by No. 1 Georgia, No. 2 Notre Dame, No. 6 Alabama and No. 7 Texas all falling.
Georgia’s 27-24 loss to Auburn came on a final-play turnover, extending a rare run in which the No. 1 team lost on the final play in consecutive weeks after Texas fell that way to Oklahoma.
The chaos reshaped the top of the rankings: Ohio State moved to No. 1 after beating Indiana 19-15, while BYU rose to No. 2 with a 28-24 win over Notre Dame.
Alabama’s 26-10 loss to Tennessee was the Tide’s first back-to-back regular-season defeats in 220 tries, while Georgia’s 53-game winning streak against unranked teams also ended.
Beyond the top tier, the shake-up left UCLA as the only unbeaten team in the Big Ten or SEC, underscoring how quickly the playoff picture has opened.